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You make some good points. In terms of build quality, the best one I have seen and currently use is DS-SC4B from Sabrent which is very well built except for the jet engine fan that needs to be replaced with a Noctua fan. My drives are usually around 30-33c idle and 37-40c in heavy use depending on how many are running. Another thing about this particular docking station, that is missing for most (if not all) other docks, is that all the HDDs can be individually powered on and off. I have no idea why this isn't standard, but that alone makes it a cut above the rest for me. The including cable is also extremely short and functionality useless, ideally you use your own high quality data cables regardless.
I also recommend using a PCIe USB Hub to isolate the docking station from motherboard USB. My reasoning here is largely speculative but I have found that if you have 2.4GHZ dongles and USB devices that either deliver active power or
active transfer data they interfere and things go apeshit. At first I thought this was at the physical connection level and spacing them would help, but it seems to be related to how the signals are handled on the chips inside the motherboard.
